{"id":1164295,"date":"2022-07-30T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/30\/i-was-denied-dining-hall-prefect-due-to-my-height-tima-kumkum-reveals\/"},"modified":"2022-07-30T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:37:44","slug":"i-was-denied-dining-hall-prefect-due-to-my-height-tima-kumkum-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/30\/i-was-denied-dining-hall-prefect-due-to-my-height-tima-kumkum-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"I was denied dining hall prefect due to my height &#8211; Tima Kumkum reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"I was denied dining hall prefect due to my height - Tima Kumkum reveals\" title=\"I was denied dining hall prefect due to my height - Tima Kumkum reveals\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>Ghanaian TV personality Cynthia Tima Yeboah, popularly known in showbiz circles as \u201cTima Kumkum\u201d has revealed that she was denied the position of dining hall prefect during her secondary school days due to her height.<\/p>\n<p>Narrating her story at the school\u2019s just ended SRC week celebration dubbed \u201cNostalgia\u201d, she disclosed that one of her main aspirations during her time in senior high school was to become a dining hall prefect and she had high hopes of winning the election for that position.<\/p>\n<p>However, her dreams turned into ashes when her height disqualified her from attaining the position. \u201cYou can call me a disappointed DHP\u201d, she remarked.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"QjHPCDzexms\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Edu news - Tv Personality Tima Kumkum shares her experience back in Ghana National College\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QjHPCDzexms?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She continued by saying that despite being passed over for the post, her colleagues still regarded her as such because of her immense contribution to the role while still an aspirant.<\/p>\n<p>The television personality graduated from Ghana National College in 2005, a senior high school in Cape Coast that she affirms to be one of the most prominent institutions in the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"855\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tima-Kumkum-1-855x1024.jpg\" alt=\"I was denied dining hall prefect due to my height - Tima Kumkum reveals\" class=\"wp-image-10032143432\"   title=\"I was denied dining hall prefect due to my height - Tima Kumkum reveals\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cApparently, \u2018National\u2019 was my second choice but when I entered the school, I regretted choosing it as a second choice,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Tima also commented that the school has fulfilled its role in molding her into the person she is today. \u201c\u2019National\u2019 formed 80% of who I am today, with the kind of values they instilled in me. I am proud of \u2018National\u2019\u2026Pro Patria you know, Nananom for life\u201d, she complimented.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tima-Kumkum-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"I was denied dining hall prefect due to my height - Tima Kumkum reveals\" class=\"wp-image-10032143433\"   title=\"I was denied dining hall prefect due to my height - Tima Kumkum reveals\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>She finally advised students to focus on their dreams and never allow any obstacle to be a hindrance to achieving their dreams.<\/p>\n<p>She also emphasized the importance of giving God first place in life.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/i-was-denied-dinning-hall-prefect-due-to-my-height-tima-kumkum-reveals\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian TV personality Cynthia Tima Yeboah, popularly known in showbiz circles as \u201cTima Kumkum\u201d has revealed that she was denied the position of dining hall prefect during her secondary school days due to her height. Narrating her story at the school\u2019s just ended SRC week celebration dubbed \u201cNostalgia\u201d, she disclosed that one of her main [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1164297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11843,13792,367,4030,11388,13412,7975,51,13413],"class_list":["post-1164295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-denied","tag-dining","tag-due","tag-hall","tag-height","tag-kumkum","tag-prefect","tag-reveals","tag-tima"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}